Jack SMITH

SMITH, Jack

    Service Number: 3911
    Enlisted: 10 August 1915, Toowoomba, Qld.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 1st Pioneer Battalion
    Born: Lancefield, Victoria, Australia, 1894
    Home Town: Oakey, Toowoomba, Queensland
    Schooling: Toowoomba Grammar School
    Occupation: Well Borer
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 25 July 1916
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Oakey War Memorial, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 In Memoriam Honour Board, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    10 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3911, 9th Infantry Battalion, Toowoomba, Qld.
    30 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 3911, 9th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
    30 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 3911, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane
    25 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 3911, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3911 awm_unit: 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-25

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    True name said to be John Derrick Smith

    Son of John Thomas and Rebecca Smith, of "Tricot", Oakey, Queensland.

    Only last week the sad news was conveyed to Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Smith 'Tricot', Oakey, that their only son Private Jack Smith, had been killed in action in France.

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